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NASB | 1 Peter 3:21 Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you--not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 3:21 Corresponding to that [rescue through the flood], baptism [which is an expression of a believer's new life in Christ] now saves you, not by removing dirt from the body, but by an appeal to God for a good (clear) conscience, [demonstrating what you believe to be yours] through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, |
Subject: Do we get saved by Baptism? |
Bible Note: Dear Doc, I have been working on this one for a while, I think I may have come up with a solution... Apparently conflicting scriptures; Galatians 5:4 You have been severed from Christ you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. The word severed is actually ceased to have effect. Ceased to have effect from annointed Christ were you who in law are being justifed, of the grace you fall out. That is the original wording and word order. Because it is impossible to lose one's salvation after once being saved, this is not saying that a believer who had been given grace fell out of salvation. It has to mean that one to whom the grace was offered who had been saved fell from grace and Christ ceased to have effect in thier life. In which case it is possible to be restored to a state of grace and for Christ to once again have effect in their life. Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The word order is not the important thing here, but the elements are. Peter was not trying to imply that the Holy Spirit is the result of water baptism. Peter was not trying to imply that that baptism confers forgiveness. Peter was saying first, repent and then be baptized, second you will recieve the Holy Spirit. Look at Ephesians 1:13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of the truth, the gospel of your salvation - having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise. According to this passage once you hear the gospel and believe it you receive the Holy Spirit right away. See Acts 10:34-48 Peter is preaching the gospel and before he has a chance to finish and baptize every body, they believe, get saved and the Holy Spirit falls and they start speaking in tongues. Then Peter says nothing should prevent them from being baptized should it? The order of the events of salvation cannot be dictated as carved in stone based on Acts 2:38 or scriptures like it. I Peter 1:4,5 To obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. This passage shows that salvation is imperishable, it cannot be lost, or turned off. Believers are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed at the end. Romans 8:37,38 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of Christ, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Created things, angels, powers, death, principalities all these things involve sin and sin cannot separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus. Here is another one commonly used to mean that a believer once having believed can lose their salvation. Hebrews 6:4-6 For in the case of those who have once tasted the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted of the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. The passage is talking about those who are false prophets or apostate and both of these terms refer, in one sense, to those who were never saved, but professed to be. Consider Judas; did he not go out with the twelve healing, casting out demons all in the name of Jesus? Consider what Jesus says in Mathew 7:21,22 Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform miracles? And I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness. According to this passage Jesus is saying that the folks who did do the works of Jesus in His name, if they don't do the will of the Father will be perishing. That means back up in Hebrews that it has to be talking about these same people who have made a false profession of Christ even though they used the name of Jesus to perform miraculous works and were given every opportunity at fellowship with God. I hope this qualifies as having reconciled the scriptures. I see that I originally left out the Acts 2:38 inadvertantly and in the same way put in Romans 11:2,3 by mistake. God bless, the hat lady |